Gov. Phil Bredesen wants to change state law so job performance evaluations for teachers and principals would depend on student test scores. The governor said Tuesday he would call a special session of the legislature to convene Jan. 12 to take up that

WASHINGTON - East Tennessee Republicans in Congress found a way to make sure their districts weren't overlooked and still convey their distaste for government spending when lawmakers pieced together a $1.1 trillion package that will send federal dollars f

According to Stateline.org, one question keeps coming up as governors and legislators grapple with a seemingly never-ending stream of gloomy budget news that keeps getting worse: How bad can it get?The answer, according to experts and a look through histo

The criminal case over an alleged teenage prostitution ring in Nashville has grown to include more criminal defendants and more young girls. In all, five people now face criminal charges stemming from a prostitution business allegedly run by Teresa West.

A man who jumped from Washington County's Downtown Centre on Monday was hospitalized with serious injuries.Gary Urbani, 53, Abingdon, Va., jumped from the building at 125 E. Market St. in downtown Johnson City just after 10 a.m. in an apparent suicide att

KINGSTON - An elderly Harriman woman this morning surrendered to Roane County authorities the remaining dogs she had from what officials allege was a puppy mill they say she operated for years.The action confiscating 14 animals from Marjorie Dodd's Poland